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The treatment for limited-stage DLBCL generally depends on patient-specific risk factors and often involves a limited number of chemotherapy cycles, with or without localised radiation. Our patient received four cycles of rituximab, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone (R-CHOP). In this case, we chose to forgo radiation therapy due to the positive response observed on the interim positron emission tomography scan. 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